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Inclusion Criteria: * The patient is between 18 and 65 years of age, * The patient presents to the outpatient clinic with a complaint of neck pain that has been persisting for at least 3 months, * Pain intensity higher than 3.5/10 cm according to the Visual Analogue Scale, * Active trigger point in at least one of the upper trapezius, levator scapulae, splenius capitus, lower trapezius muscles that may cause neck pain, * Neck Disability Index total score higher than 15, * Having the ability to read and write in Turkish was determined as the inclusion criteria. Exclusion Criteria: * Has had a neck, spine or shoulder injury within the last 6 months, * The patient has neck pain caused by inflammatory, hormonal, neurological disorders or after trauma, * Positive radicular findings compatible with nerve root compression, history of spinal fracture, spinal tumours and related malignancies, congenital spinal anomalies, * History of neck, upper thoracic spine and shoulder surgery, * Scoliosis surgery or a health problem that causes limitation in spinal mobility, * Diagnosed with any malignant condition, systemic, neurological or rheumatological disease, * Having a skin disease or hearing-vision problem that may affect the assessment process, * Uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, meniere's disease and vertigo, * Physiotherapy sessions for neck pain in the last month, * Pregnancy, * Use of any analgesic or psychotropic agent was determined as exclusion criteria.